Day in history for April 13, 2004

1854 -- 150 years ago

Officers of Rock Island County are John M. Gould, John Kistler and George Holmes, county judges; A.F. Swander, sheriff; R.W. Smith, deputy clerk; Amos Stillman, surveyor; R.T. Shaw, assessor and treasurer; J.W. Churchill, school commissioner; Frazer Wilson, circuit clerk.

1879 -- 125 years ago

Work has started on John Bengston's new building at Market Square and 2nd Avenue. The grand edifice planned will be an architectural ornament to Rock Island.

1904 -- 100 years ago

At a game of basketball, the referee prefaced the contest with a speech and a long prayer, after which he gave one team the worst of the calls, so much so that the game broke up in a fight. The score at the time was 30 to 30.

1929 -- 75 years ago

The Rock Island County Bar Association opposes an Illinois bill to permit women to serve on juries.

1954 -- 50 years ago

William Hancks, 32, of 1838 8th St., Rock Island, is reported in fairly good condition today at St. Anthony's Hospital. He was injured in a tumble through a skylight in fighting the loop blaze early yesterday morning.

1979 -- 25 years ago

East Moline Mayor Dennis Jacobs visited with EPA officials in Springfield. Jacobs is trying to get state approval for a 120-acre piece of land adjacent to the city's 45 acre landfill to be used as the city's next landfill.

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